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Nature

They were browner of skin than the other breeds, had no beards, and did not wear any footwear. They were shorter than the other two kinds. They lived in holes they called smials, a habit which they long preserved.

The Harfoots liked highlands and hillsides, were accustomed to living underground longer. They were also on very friendly terms with the Dwarves, who travelled through the High Pass on the Great Road.[1]

They tended to settle down for long times, and founded numerous villages as far as Weathertop. By the 1300s of the Third Age they had reached Bree, which long was the most western village of any Hobbits.[2]